As the government shutdown enters its third week, mortgage servicers are activating the response plans they normally use during hurricanes and wildfires to assist federal workers who may have trouble paying their mortgages.

Borrowers and financial institutions may be feeling the strain from reduced operations at the FHA and IRS, which has suspended the release of certain income documentation during the budget impasse.

New Residential acquired its latest pool of loans from five servicers, garnering a rare pledge of P&I advances on defaulted mortgages.

Loans from the top two originators, loan Depot and TIAA FSB (FKA Everbank), were purchased in bulk based on the respective originator’s guidelines, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

The global asset manager is sponsoring its first post-crisis CLO in a €409.8 million transaction that priced through Barclays on Monday.

Mr. Cooper Group is buying servicing rights on $24 billion in mortgages, a subservicing contract for an additional $24 billion in home loans and the Seterus platform from IBM.

The collateral for GMCAR Trust 2019-1 features a higher weighted average borrower FICO than any prior GM Financial deal; it also sports a lower projected cumulative net losses from Fitch Ratings.

In her New Year’s message, CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger called on the agency to ensure that consumers are treated fairly and that “the marketplace is innovating.”

Since Nov. 21, investors have withdrawn a net $14.88B from the loan fund market amid concerns the Fed will limit rate hikes in 2019; the exodus makes loans even more of a buyer's market for CLOs.

Steven Kolyer, a 27-year veteran of law firm Clifford Chance, was recruited to build out the burgeoning practice advising lenders and arrangers in bridge-loan CRE financing.

Falling mortgage rates have reached the point where they are spurring speculation about a possible resurgence in refinancing.

This year saw elation over the rollback of risk retention for CLOs give way to concerns about leveraged lending, the 1st post-crisis downgrade of a subprime auto deal, the 1st AAA for commercial PACE, and much, much more.